Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi has signed a letter of intent to purchase the land and improvements associated with the former Rock Regional Hospital in Derby, Kan. The proposed acquisition reflects Via Christi’s intent to restore inpatient services at the…
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Two leaders at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University are stepping down amid systemwide changes following a gynecologist’s sexual abuse of patients, according to a letter from Columbia’s office of the president. Mary D’Alton, MD, is stepping down as chair of the…
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s application March 10 to expand its intensive care unit capacity, the hospital confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s. The $96 million project would convert former physician…
Irvine, Calif.-based UCI Health has named Vicky Asencio executive director of revenue cycle, according to a March 10 post on her LinkedIn page. In her new role, Ms. Asencio leads initiatives to improve A/R aging, coding accuracy, denial prevention and…
Alireza “Shami” Shamshirsaz, MD, was named director of the Comprehensive Fetal Care Center, a clinical partnership between Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin and Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Shamshirsaz, a maternal-fetal medicine…
Community pharmacists are rallying behind a federal bill reintroduced last fall that would require drug manufacturers to provide printed medication information with every outpatient prescription. Reps. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., and Jared Golden, D-Maine, reintroduced the Patients’ Right to Know Their…
Medtronic has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Scientia Vascular, a neurovascular device company, for $550 million, according to a March 10 news release. Scientia Vascular, based in Salt Lake City, has about 300 employees. “Scientia’s portfolio of guidewires…
Multiple hospitals and health systems have suffered downgrades to their financial ratings this year amid rising expenses, ongoing operating losses and challenging work environments. Here are eight hospitals and health systems that received credit rating downgrades from Fitch Ratings or…
Shuttered Springfield (Pa.) Hospital was purchased by KQT Aikens Partners for $1 million March 11, making it the last of Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health’s four facilities to be sold. Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, Crozer Health’s parent company, also sold…
Heather Hornbuckle, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of Hope-based Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center. Ms. Hornbuckle will lead nursing operations and at the 25-bed critical access hospital, according to a news release shared with local news outlets March…